Picture: Spanish Airlines A340-600 in the Canary Islands Jetphotos Picture
Photo by: Alejandro HemandezLeon
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is also translated by Alejandro Hemandez Leon
. Flew back to Madrid from Quito with 296 passengers. Since then, Air Spain will no longer operate this large four-engine long-range aircraft.
Spanish Airlines was a firm supporter of the A340 aircraft. For the past 20 years, it has always regarded A340 as the pride of its long-range fleet. Spain Airlines has been operating A340 for 24 years. In the early stage, it was mainly A340-300. Since 2003, it has been gradually upgraded to A340-600. The 14 A340-600 aircraft it currently owns are not too old, and some are only a little over 10 years old.
Spain Airlines was expecting to use A340-600 at least until 2025; however, the impact of the epidemic on the aviation industry forced it to do it in advance. Spain’s economy has been in recession in recent years, and the development of the aviation industry has been correspondingly slow. Spain’s services are even more incomparable with German Lufthansa and Royal Dutch-in order not to fall into trouble, "abandoning in advance" is also an appropriate choice.
Picture: Lufthansa A340-600 Photo: Close the curtains
Spanish Airlines is an established brand of "British International Airlines Group (IAG)" in 1927. Because there are many overseas territories, close ties with the original colonial countries, developed tourism, and many long-distance routes. Therefore, even if it is "not good", its fleet size can be maintained at more than one hundred for a long time, and it is considered a large airline in the world (the branch subsidiary Air Nostrum is not included).
In 2012, Iberia established a low-cost subsidiary "Spanish Air Express", which currently has 23 aircraft. Before the A340 was retired, the two families had a total of 106 aircraft. However, this time the collective retirement of 14 A340s, Spanish Airlines not only withdrew from the "Hundred Planes Club", but its scale has been ruthlessly surpassed by Vietnam Airlines! ——Vietnam Airlines reached 100 in March this year.
Picture: Vietnam Airlines SkyTeam painted A350-900 Photo: Close the curtains
After the retirement of A340-600, Air Spain will use the new A350 instead. Iberia has ordered 16 A350s, and 9 have been delivered. But because of "no one can pull", it has already put forward a request to postpone receiving the new aircraft. There are also 20 A330s in the Spanish Airlines fleet that belong to long-range wide-body passenger aircraft, many of which are leased from China; however, due to the sluggish tourism industry, half of the A330s are now "sleeping".
Picture: Angry Hainan Airlines A340-600 Photograph: Close the curtains
As a flying friend, many people are interested in the longest airframe of the A340-600 in the world; 75.3 meters. President Ra used to sit in the rear cabin of the A340-600, looking forward-you can't see your head! But after the retirement of 14 Spanish Airways, the number of A340-600 airliners operated globally is too small to be counted by fingers...
Picture: Longer than a French stick! Photography: Close the curtains
A340-600 is an upgrade from A340-300. The market was unsuccessful because it was too expensive. Only a few airlines such as Lufthansa, UAE, Thailand, Spain, Virgin Britain, and South Africa operate in the world. my country Eastern Airlines and Hainan Airlines retired them many years ago. But in Iran, it is still Mahan Airlines' treasure. In 2015, Mahan Airlines acquired 7 three-handed A340-600s from Iraq, and the fleet was instantly renewed.
Picture: Mahan Airlines A340-600 in Beijing Photograph: Close the curtains
Mahan Airlines has three opportunities in my country, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, 340-600!
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